Magnetic Man were far and away my favourite act to shoot on Saturday, and my second favourite over the entire weekend. It’s easy for acts like Magnetic Man to simply set up some desks with CDJs and laptops, but they really went to town on their visual and aural performance. As soon as I arrived [...]
The second day of the festival was knackering – with all the walking from stage to stage carrying 10kgs of camera gear (plus my own bulk), my feet were pretty happy to be given a break. Moments later I was actually unable to walk normally. Wonder if I can persuade Festival Republic to get some [...]
I’ve never done this before when posting about festivals, but I thought it was time to try it out. Quite often, the most exciting bands for me to photograph aren’t the headliners or necessarily even near the top of the bill or on the main stage. As much as it’s great to add a big [...]
I live only 30 minutes away from Reading, but I was given a pass to shoot Leeds Festival this year. At the time, the prospect of heading 250 miles north and then back again was a bit grim when it could have just been 20 miles every day, but as soon as the rain set [...]
Alright, so I know up to now this website has been based exclusively in music, but I thought I’d break the self-imposed rule to show you something a bit different. I was commissioned to cover the Bournemouth Air Festival for Heart South Coast and headed down to get red arrows and the balloon glow etc. [...]
If you remember the early ’00s, you’ll remember the enormous fuss made over Westlife, and how they pretty much dominated the charts for a good few years. I think there was even talk about them being more successful than The Beatles or something massive like that. Either way, I remember the early ’00s, and I [...]
The dominating feature of today has been the torrential downpour that lasted for between four and five hours. I’d been texted a ‘severe weather warning’ in the morning by a friend working on security, mentioning heavy rain from 3 to 6pm. The rain arrived 30 minutes late and outstayed its welcome, lasting well into 8pm. [...]
Despite the relatively slow day yesterday, I’m already feeling quite tired. Unlike last year, the media car park is an absolute trek from the main site. I imagine this is something to do with AC/DC bringing their own stage and needing to use the space, and while I’m fine with walking, my camera bag weighs [...]
Download seems to have taken an absolute age to come back around, but the final few days sprinted past. From the outset, the festival was dominated by a blazing sun in a cloudless sky. While the site usually opens at 10 or 11am, this year it opened at 2pm and the bands started at 3pm. [...]
